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1. 14:5 • The Third Reich Collapses • Battle of the Bulge (Dec 1944) • Hitler’s last offensive • Cut-off Allied supplies coming through Belgium • U.S. forces defeat German forces • Germany has little resources left to continue war

2. 14:5 • The War Ends in Europe • Russian forces drive Germans out of Russia • Eventually 35 miles from Berlin • Russia attacks Germany from east, Americans from west • Russian troops enter Berlin • Hitler commits suicide • “V-E Day” (Victory in Europe)

3. 14:5 • April, 1945, President Roosevelt dies in office • 33rd President: Harry S. Truman • Roosevelt’s vice-president

4. 14:5 • Japan is Defeated • Battle of Iwo Jima (Feb 1945) • 60,000 U.S. Marines • 6,800 killed • New technique: napalm • Jellied gasoline in bombs • Start fires on explosion

5. 14:5 • Invasion of Okinawa • U.S. wanted the island as a base for the invasion of Japan • 12,000 Americans die • U.S. takes island June 22, 1945

6. 14:5 • The Manhattan Project • Secret project to create an atom bomb • Los Alamos, New Mexico • Detonated world’s first atomic bomb in desert in New Mexico

7. 14:5 • U.S. Uses Atom Bombs • Nagasaki and Hiroshima • Japanese leaders disregarded Truman’s warnings • August 6, 1945 • B-29 bomber Enola Gay bombs Hiroshima • 63% of city destroyed • Approximately 100,000 dead

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9. 14:5 • Nagasaki • Approximately 50,000 killed • “V-J Day” • Victory in Japan

10. 14:5 • Post-War • Creation of the United Nations • Stop world from going to war again • Five Permanent Members: • Britain, France, China, Soviet Union, U.S.

11. 14:5 • Putting the Enemy on Trial • U.S., Britain, France, and Soviet Union create International Military Tribunal (IMT) • Nuremberg Trials • Former leaders of Nazi Germany